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Massacliusetts  State  Board 
...  of  Trade ... 


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Boston,  October   30,  1890 


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MASSACHUSETTS 

State  Board  of  Trade. 


preaibent. 

CHARLES   E.  ADAMS, 

Lowell,  Mass. 

treasurer. 
J.  ALBA    DAVIS. 

EDWIN   S.   BARRETT, 

53  Ames  Building, 

Boston,  Mass. 

1896. 


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NAMES  OF  ORGANIZATIONS. 


Amesbury  Board  of  Trade. 
Beverly  Board  of  Trade. 
Boston  Druggists  Association. 
Boston  Fruit  &  Produce  Exchange. 
Boston  Merchants  Association. 
Boston  Paper  Trade  Association. 
Boston  Stationers  Association. 
Boston  Wholesale  Grocers  Association. 
Brockton  Commercial  Club. 
Cambridge  Citizens  Trade  Association. 
Drysalters  Club  of  New  England. 
Everett  Board  of  Trade. 
Fall  River  Board  of  Trade. 
Fitchburg  Board  of  Trade. 
Framingham  Board  of  Trade. 
Gloucester  Board  of  Trade. 
Haverhill  Board  of  Trade. 
Lawrence  Board  of  Trade. 
Leominster  Board  of  Trade. 
Lowell  Board  of  Trade. 
Lynn  Board  of  Trade. 
Malden  Board  of  Trade. 
Mansfield  Board  of  Trade. 


Massachusetts    Wholesale    Lumber   Associa- 
tion. 
Merrimac  Board  of  Trade. 

MiDDLEBORO   COMMERCIAL   ClUB. 

New  Bedford  Board  of  Trade. 

Newburyport  Board  of  Trade. 

New  England  Furniture  Exchange. 

New  England  Shoe  &  Leather  Exchange. 

New  England  Iron  &  Hardware  Dealers 
Association, 

New  England  Hardware  Dealers  Associa- 
tion. 

Norwood  Business  Men's  Association. 

Oil  Trade  of  Boston  Association. 

Paint  &  Oil  Club  of  New  England. 

Peabody  Board  of  Trade. 

Real  Estate  Exchange  of  Boston. 

Rockland  Commercial  Club. 

Salem  Board  of  Trade. 

Springfield  Board  of  Trade. 

Wakefield  Board  of  Trade. 

Worcester  Board  of  Trade. 

WoBURN  Board  of  Trade. 


CONSTITUTION  AND  BY-LAWS. 


DECLARATIONS. 


To  concentrate  the  power  and  usefulness  of 
the  various  boards  of  trade  and  other  business 
associations  of  the  State  in  one  corporate  organ- 
ization, in  order  to  secure  prompt  unity  and 
harmony  of  action  in  the  proper  consideration  of 
questions  pertaining  to  the  financial,  commercial, 
industrial  and  all  of  the  material  interests  of  the 
State  at  large,  as  well  as  to  foster  and  strengthen 
the  efficiency  of  each  organization  comprised  in 
its  membership,  this  association,  on  the  thirtieth 
day  of  October,  1890,  is  hereby  formed  by  dele- 
gates now  in  session  in  the.  city  of  Boston. 

CONSXITU'TION. 


ARTICLE  I. 

Section  i.  This  association  shall  be  desig- 
nated The  Massachusetts  State  Board  of  Trade, 
and  shall  have  a  common  seal  bearing  this  name, 
with  such  other  device  as  may  be  adopted. 


ARTICLE  II. 

Section  i.  Every  local  board  of  trade  or 
other  body  organized  in  this  State  for  general 
commercial  and  not  for  special  or  private  pur- 
poses, may  be  admitted  to  membership  in  this 
association,  on  the  approval  of  two-thirds  of  the 
bodies  represented,  at  any  meeting  of  the  asso- 
ciation or  of  the  executive  council. 

Each  such  association  shall  be  represented  by 
three  delegates,  who  shall  in  all  cases  be  active 
members  of  the  respective  orders  they  represent. 

Sect.  2.  Three  delegates  shall  be  elected  by 
the  organizations  desiring  to  be  represented  in 
this  Board  to  serve  for  terms  of  one,  two  or  three 
years  respectively  from  the  annual  meeting  of 
this  Board  next  following,  and  thereafter  one 
each  year  to  serve  for  the  term  of  three  years. 

At  each  meeting  of  the  Board  newly  elected 
delegates  shall  present  credentials  from  the  sec- 
retaries of  their  respective  constituencies,  who 
shall  present,  or  have  on  file  with  this  Board,  a 
copy  of  its  Charter,  Articles  of  Association  or 
By-Laws, 

ARTICLE  III. 

Section  i.  At  all  meetings  of  the  Board, 
each    delegate  shall  be  entitled  to  one  vote   in 


person.  No  individual  shall  name  his  own  proxy, 
but  they  shall  be  named  by  the  boards  that  they 
represent.  All  votes  except  for  election  of  officers 
shall  be  viva  voce.  Any  delegate  may  demand  a 
division  of  the  house,  and  on  the  demand  of 
three  or  more  delegates,  a  call  of  the  yeas  and 
nays  shall  be  had,  the  result  of  the  same  being 
duly  recorded. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

Section  i.  The  administration  of  the  affairs 
of  the  Board  shall  be  vested  in  the  president,  and 
a  vice-president  to  be  designated  and  elected 
from  each  of  the  other  organizations  not  repre- 
sented by  the  president,  so  as  to  form  a  council 
of  equal  representation  of  all  organizations  in 
membership,  each  of  whom  shall  be  elected  at 
the  annual  meeting  by  ballot  on  a  majority  of  all 
the  votes  cast,  and  who  shall  serve  until  their 
successors  are  chosen.  Their  election  shall  be 
the  first  business  in  order.  They  shall  be  con- 
stituted and  known  as  an  executive  council,  and 
seven  of  their  number  shall  be  a  quorum  for  the 
transaction  of  business.  In  the  absence  or  dis- 
ability of  the  president,  a  vice-president,  to  be 
designated  by  his  associates,  shall  serve. 

Sect.  2.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  execu- 


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tive  council,  immediately  after  their  election,  to 
select  a  secretary  and  a  treasurer,  and  who  shall 
hold  office  for  such  time  and  be  located  at  such 
places  and  receive  such  compensation  as  the 
council  shall  determine. 

Sect.  3.  Special  meetings  of  this  council  shall 
be  held  on  the  call  of  seven  members  thereof,  at 
such  places  as  they  may  designate  on  seven  days' 
notice  to  the  secretary,  which  shall  state  the 
object  of  the  meeting. 

Sect.  4.  In  case  of  the  removal,  resignation 
or  death  of  any  member  of  the  council,  his 
place  for  the  unexpired  term  shall  be  promptly 
filled  by  the  constituent  association  of  which  he 
was  a  member,  on  notice  from  the  secretary. 

Sect.  5.  Should  a  member  of  the  Council 
be  unable  to  attend  any  meeting,  he  may  desig- 
nate some  member  of  the  organization  he 
represents  to  act  in  his  stead,  but  such  represen- 
tation shall  be  certified  to  by  the  president  and 
secretary  of  the  organization  he  represents. 

ARTICLE  V. 

Section  i.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  execu- 
tive council  to  provide  full  and  accurate  records 
of  the  proceedings  of  the  Board  and  of  its  own 
meetings ;  to  submit  to  each  meeting  a  report  of 


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the  doings  of  the  Board  and  of  its  own  official 
acts,  as  well  as  a  statement  of  what  new  or 
unfinished  business  may  require  attention.  To 
make  full  statement  concerning  the  finances  of 
the  Board  to  the  regular  meetings  and  to  other 
meetings  when  called  upon  to  do  so.  To  appor- 
tion to  each  constituent  body  its  assessments  for 
the  expenses  of  the  Board  as  provided  else- 
where. To  make  such  recommendations  as  it 
may  deem  to  be  necessary  for  the  welfare  and 
to  promote  the  objects  of  the  Board. 

Sect.  2.  The  secretary  shall  conduct  the 
official  correspondence,  and  shall  make  and  have 
charge  of  the  records  of  the  Board  and  of 
the  executive  council. 

Sect.  3.  The  treasurer  shall  give  such  secu- 
rity as  the  executive  council  may  require,  receive 
and  account  for  all  moneys  belonging  to  the 
Board,  and  collect  assessments  and  fines,  but 
he  shall  pay  out  money  and  dispose  of  the  prop- 
erty of  the  Board  only  on  a  warrant  of  the 
secretary  countersigned  by  the  president. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

Section  i.  Meetings  of  the  State  Board  of 
Trade  shall  be  held  at  such  times  and  places  as 
shall  be  determined  bv  the  executive  council. 


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Sect.  2.  Special  meetings  may  be  held  on 
the  call  of  seven  members  of  the  executive 
council,  at  such  place  as  they  may  designate. 

Sect.  3.  The  attendance  of  twenty  delegates 
shall  constitute  a  quorum. 

Sect.  4.  Notice  of  meetings  of  the  Board 
shall  be  served  by  the  secretary  on  each  body  at 
least  twenty  days  before  the  time  appointed  for 
assembling.  The  notice  shall  state  the  objects 
of  the  meeting  and  the  questions  to  be  considered. 

Sect.  5.  A  meeting  of  the  executive  council 
shall  be  held  on  the  day  of,  and  preceding,  any 
meeting  of  the  Board,  and  at  such  other  times 
as  may  be  provided  in  its  by-laws. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

Section  i.  The  expenses  of  the  Board  shall 
be  provided  for  by  an  assessment  to  be  made  by 
the  executive  council  on  each  constituent  body. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

Section  i.  Questions  or  resolutions,  except 
those  which  involve  points  of  order,  or  refer  to 
matters  of  courtesy,  can  be  submitted  only  by 
the  constituent  bodies  of  the  Board,  or  by  the 
executive  council,  and  when  any  body  shall 
desire  to  present  a  subject  for  the  consideration 


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of  the  Board,  they  shall  do  so  in  a  written  paper 
to  be  placed  in  the  hands  of  the  secretary  thirty 
days  previous  to  the  annual  or  special  meeting 
at  which  it  is  to  be  considered,  provided,  how- 
ever, that  any  subject  not  then  submitted  may 
be  considered  and  acted  upon  by  a  vote  of  two- 
thirds  of  the  delegates  present. 

ARTICLE    IX. 

Section  i.  Any  board  charged  with  a  viola- 
tion of  the  laws  of  this  Board  may,  after  a  formal 
complaint  thereof,  in  writing,  on  a  vote  of  two- 
thirds  of  all  the  delegates  of  the  other  bodies 
represented  herein,  be  expelled,  but  not  exempted 
from  the  payment  of  assessments  levied  for  the 
year  current. 

Sect.  2.  Any  constituent  body  may  withdraw 
from  membership  in  the  Board  on  submitting  a 
formal  request  to  that  effect  at  any  meeting  of 
the  Board  or  the  executive  council  and  payment 
of  all  dues. 

Sect.  3.  In  case  any  board  should  fail  to  be 
represented  at  two  successive  meetings  of  this 
Board,  and  also  fail  to  pay  its  assessment  for  two 
years,  it  shall  cease  membership,  but  may  be 
restored  to  membership  on  payment  of  all  arrear- 


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ages,  and  on  consent  of  a  majority  of  members 
present  at  any  regular  meeting. 

ARTICLE   X. 

Section  i.  This  constitution  may  be  amended 
at  any  meeting  on  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  the 
delegates  present,  notice  of  the  proposed  amend- 
ment having  first  been  submitted  to  the  secretary 
by  a  constituent  body,  at  least  forty  days  previ- 
ous to  the  meeting  at  which  the  same  is  to  be 
considered,  and  transmitted  by  the  secretary  in 
circular  copies  to  each  body  in  membership,  at 
least  thirty  days  before  said  meeting. 

ARTICLE   XI. 

Section  i.  The  provisions  of  this  constitu- 
tion may  be  temporarily  suspended,  except  as  to 
quorum,  at  any  meeting  of  the  Board,  by  unani- 
mous consent  of  the  delegates  present  at  the 
session  and  voting. 


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BY-LAWS. 


I. 

The  following  shall  be  the  order  of  business  at 
the  annual  meeting  of  the  Board  : 

1.  Roll  call. 

2.  Reports  of  executive  council  and  treasurer. 

3.  Election  of  officers. 

4.  Reception  of  papers  from  associations 
seeking  admission  to  membership,  to  be  referred 
to  a  committee  on  credentials,  to  consist  of  five 
delegates,  who  shall  have  leave  to  sit  during  the 
session  of  the  Board. 

5.  The  consideration  of  any  subject  proposed 
in  the  report  of  the  executive  council,  or  in  the 
hands  of  special  committees  appointed  at  a  pre- 
vious meeting. 

II. 

At  each  election  before  balloting  for  president, 
it  shall  be  competent  for  delegates  to  make  nomi- 
nations for  that  office ;  and  before  balloting  for 
vice-president  each  delegation  present  shall  be 
called  upon  to  make  a  nomination  from  their 
association  of  their  choice  for  vice-president. 


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III. 
At  meetings  of   the  Board    no  delegate  shall 
speak  more  than  ten  minutes  on  one  question, 
without  the  leave  of  the  Board,  nor  more  than 
twenty  minutes  without  unanimous  consent. 

IV. 

The  annual  assessment  laid  by  the  executive 
council  shall  be  due  and  payable  by  each  constit- 
uent body  within  thirty  days  after  it  shall  have 
been  officially  notified  of  such  assessment.  No 
delegate  shall  be  entitled  to  a  seat  at  any  meeting 
of  the  Board  unless  the  constituent  body  to  which 
he  belongs  shall  have  paid  the  assessment  for  the 
preceding  year,  and  any  constituent  body  partici- 
pating in  proceedings  of  any  meeting  shall  be 
liable  for  the  assessment  of  the  current  official 

year. 

V. 

The  term  of  service  of  not  less  than  one  year 

for  which  delegates  are  elected  shall  commence 

with  the  date  of  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Board 

next  ensuing  after  their  election. 

VI. 
These  by-laws  may  be  amended  or  suspended 
temporarily  at  any  meeting  of  the  Board   by  a 
two-thirds  vote. 


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